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- [Joe] Hi, I'm Joe Marini, and I'd like to welcome youto this course on learning Python.This course will give you an introductionto the Python programming language,a popular object-oriented languagethat's used in a variety of both clientand cloud-based scenarios.We'll start by seeing how to determineif Python is installed on your systemand how to install it if it isn't already there.Next, we'll examine the basics of the language,variables, loops, functions, classes and more.We'll also see how to build our first Python programin just a few lines of code.

Then we'll move on to working with some of Python'sbuilt-in high level datatypes,such as dates, times and files.Finally, we'll wrap up by taking advantageof Python's extensive library of prebuilt modulesto build advanced features like retrieving datafrom the internet and processing information such as HTML,XML and JSON.If you're ready to start building the next generationof cross-platform applications that run in the cloudas well as on the client,then let's get started learning Python.

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1/30/2018

Python—the popular and highly readable object-oriented language—is both powerful and relatively easy to learn. Whether you're new to programming or an experienced developer, this course can help you get started with Python. Joe Marini provides an overview of the installation process, basic Python syntax, and an example of how to construct and run a simple Python program. Learn to work with dates and times, read and write files, and retrieve and parse HTML, JSON, and XML data from the web.